Description

SJ 67 NW WHITLEY C.P. THE VILLAGE
Lower Whitley

5/121 Chetwode Arms Inn

22/12/80

- II

Public house, circa 1800 with a little C17 work. Brown brick; grey
slate roof. 2 storeys; 4 windows; the left bay is of darker brickwork
with unbroken vertical joint. Lower storey, from left to right, has
recessed 16-pane sash; double door with 3 margined panels in each
leaf, in Tuscan case with half-columns, entablature removed, under
late C19 timber-framed hipped porch; casement of three 6-pane lights;
late C19 framed and boarded door in simple timber case; casement of
three 6-pane lights; boarded door; casement of three 6-pane lights.
Upper storey has 4 similar casements. The sash has wedge lintel, the
casements cambered arches; all have projecting stone cills. Kneelers
and wedge-shaped stone copings to gables; 2 diminishing brick chimneys
on ridge; corbelled diminishing gable chimneys. Left gable-end has
door and recessed 16-pane sash in lower storey; two 12-pane recessed
sashes, with horizontal 6-pane fixed light between, to upper storey.
recessed wing right has boarded door and 3 small windows to lower
storey; casement of three 4-pane lights to upper storey; graded grey
slate roof. Small mid C20 projection in corner between wings.
Interior: Chamfered beam in right room; late Georgian doors including
one of 2 unequal leaves in bar; late Georgian doorcase with gadrooned
architraves and rose at corners in left room; probably reused ovolo
oak beam in back room. The inn retains the character of a true
"public house" with small licensed rooms, some altered in detail.

Listing NGR: SJ6145178930

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26615056

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  For the Record